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Any readers playing Minecraft? I don’t play it myself (I hardly have any time to play games on my phone for that matter!), but if you’re playing the award-winning game of construction and creativity, you might be interested in this minecraft project to build Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat Minecraft Full details here. [...] The tourism departments of Indonesia and Cambodia are in discussions to make Angkor Wat and Borobodur sister sites, and promote bilateral tourism by opening air routes between the two cities. photo credit: Justyn™ Angkor Wat, Borobudur temple to become sister sites, says official Jakarta Post, 16 January 2012 [...] Indian president Pratibha Devisingh Patil expressed her admiration of Cambodia’s Angkor Wat in a recent visit. photo credit: ND Strupler President Patil mesmerized by Angkor Wat, advocates cultural exchange Asian News International, via India Talkies, 17 September 2010 [...] The Independent’s story about Kent Davis’ ongoing work to analyse the apsara/devata features on Angkor Wat. Having determined at least 8 facial types from the apsaras/devatas from the walls of Angkor Wat, is it possible to see if these facial features still survive among the locals at Angkor? photo credit: ScubaBeer The 12th-century [...] var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(13.41245073235578, 103.86686645507814); var myOptions = { zoom: 5, center: latlng, mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN }; var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(“mygpMap3406″), myOptions); map.disableDoubleClickZoom = false; map.scrollwheel = true; var marker = new google.maps.Marker({ position: latlng, map: map }); Earlier last month and in July, I had the awesome opportunity to participate in a [...] Last year, independent researcher Kent Davis made the news with his theory that Angkor temples were a monument to women and to this end was hoping to analyse and quantify the traits of every apsara/devata image (over 1,700 in all). The Phnom Penh Post recently carried an update on Davis and his work and features, [...] A planned Asian version of Legoland, set to open in the southern Malaysian state of Johor in 2012 will feature a whole series of Asian architectural icons such as Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat’s kinda predictable, I wonder if they would also do Lembah Bujang and Borobudur as well. photo credit: yumyumbubblegum Malaysia’s Legoland to get [...] This week, we step into an ancient boat (at least, a reconstruction of one), mull over small brains and tools, and figure out a contested temple’s role in politics. This and more in today’s edition of rojak! photo credit: andy_carter Anton Diaz takes us inside the Balangay boat, which is due to set sail this [...] |
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